Martin's Fantasy Island
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| Location | Grand Island, New York, United States  |
| Website | Martin's Fantasy Island |
| Owner | Martin Dipietro |
| Opened | July 1, 1961 |
| Operating season | May through September |
| Area | 85 acres (340,000 m2) |
| Rides | 32 or 33[citation needed] total
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Martin's Fantasy Island is an amusement park located in Grand Island, New York.
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[edit] History
Fantasy Island opened in 1961 and went bankrupt in 1982. It was acquired out of bankruptcy by Charles Wood, the original owner of Storytown USA. He sold the park to International Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) in 1989, and later reacquired the park in 1992 when IBC went bankrupt. The second time Wood owned the park he changed the park's name to Two Flags Over Niagara Fun Park, a name it kept until 1994 when local businessman Martin Dipietro purchased the park and redubbed it Martin's Fantasy Island.
Originally the park only occupied 12 acres (49,000 m2) of land. It expanded to 85 acres (340,000 m2) in 1974.
The park's Silver Comet roller coaster, introduced in 1999, was created in the style of the original Comet roller coaster that was located at nearby Crystal Beach, Ontario for many years. In fact, the original Comet was stored at Fantasy Island after Charles Wood purchased it in 1989. Wood would later move the Comet to his Great Escape park in Queensbury, New York, where it was reassembled in 1994 and remains in operation to this day. It is the one and only amusement park on Grand Island.
[edit] Rides and attractions
[edit] Roller coasters
Martin's Fantasy Island only has two operating roller coasters as of 2009. [1]
| Name | Opened | Status | Type | Manufacturer/Model | Height | Drop | Speed | Comments |
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| Crazy Mouse | 2005 | Operating | Steel Wild Mouse whipy doo thrill roller coaster | Zamperla | 42 ft (13 m) | 29.1 mph (46.8 km/h) | ||
| Dragon | Removed 1980's | Steel family roller coaster | Zamperla | |||||
| Little Dipper | Removed 1990's | Steel kiddie roller coaster | ||||||
| Orient Express | 1998 | Removed 2003 | Steel kiddie roller coaster | Wisdom Rides | ||||
| Silver Comet | 1999 | Operating | Wood Hybrid | Custom Coasters International wooden thrill roller coaster | 82 ft (25 m) | 50 mph (80 km/h) | Modeled after The Comet from Crystal Beach. | |
| Wildcat | 1972 | Removed 2004 | Steel steel thrill roller coaster | Schwarzkopf | 44 ft (13 m) |
[edit] Water attractions
- Cannon Bowl Operating since 2006
- Kiddie Pool
- Lazy River
- Log Flume
- Pro-Slide
- Raging Rapids
- Wave Pool
[edit] Dry rides
- Antique Cars
- Bugs
- Boats
- Bumper Cars
- Crazy Bus Operating since 1997
- Full Tilt Operating since May 12, 2007
- Flight Operating since July 4 2008
- Grand Circus Menagerie Operating since May 10th 2008
- Gondola Wheel
- Jack and the Beanstalk Operating since May 15th 2004
- Mega Disk'o Operating since May 23rd, 2009
- Motorcycles
- Sea Ray
- Sizzler
- Starship 2000 Operating since May 9th, 2009
- Tea Cups Operated 1997-2007 Operating May 10th 2008
- Tilt a Whirl
- Train
- Up Up and Away Operating since 1996
Former Rides
- 4x4 Truck Ride
- Chaos
- Cinama 2000
- DareDevil
- Egg Roll
- Devils Hole
- Flying Bobs
- Nitro
- Patriot
- Super Spiral
[edit] References
- ^ "Martin's Fantasy Island". RCDB. http://www.rcdb.com/pd204.htm. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
[edit] External links
- Martin's Fantasy Island - official website
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